Extra police officers will be recruited to cover the 890 polling stations in Kachin State for the 2020 election.

Captain U Kyaw Zin of the Kachin State Police Office said: “The Kachin State police will recruit 890 people in order to assign one special part-time police officer to each polling station. Currently, the recruitment process is underway.”

The qualifications for an applicant are: the age from 18 to 60, in good health and physically fit, and educational level of at least above the middle-level education.

The selected special police candidates members will undergo a one-month training about their election duties from October  1- 31.

The police members will enjoy a monthly salary of Ks 140,000 and a daily fee of Ks 1,800. They will have to perform their duties for two months.

In the 2015 General Elections, 891 special police were appointed in Kachin State.

A special police member can enjoy a monthly salary of Ks 120,000 and a monthly fee of Ks 30,000.

Ko Aye Ko, a local from Waingmaw Township said: “My friend and I plan to apply for the post. Salary is not my main motivation. I plan to apply for this post in order to get experience about the election process.”

A total of 19 political parties will compete in the 2020 General Elections in Kachin State. There are more than 1,080,000 eligible voters, according to the Kachin State Election Sub-Commission.